Archive for the ‘Hudson Custom Eight’ tag

Though the seller listed this as a Terraplane business coupe, from what we can tell (and you HET experts chime in here), it’s actually a 1937 Hudson Series 75 Custom Eight coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. In either case, it’s an Art Deco (or is that streamline moderne?) beauty which has benefited from a full restoration and should be ready to go for the summer cruising season. From the seller’s description:

Yes, old car blog us. We all got invited back to the New York International Auto Show, and we editors had such a good time last year, we decided to hit up the press days again this year. Of course, you can get all yer new caraction elsewhere, so we kept a keen eye out for vintage cars and didn’t come away disappointed.

To begin with, the LeMay Museum had the same display space off in a Javits Center side room as last year, but appeared with just a handful of cars this year. Above, we spotted a 1936 Hudson Custom Eight Convertible Coupe from the Bulgari Collection with its Terraplane-like waterfall/teardrop grille.

Also in the LeMay exhibit sat the 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt concept car…

…as well as this 1952 Buick Roadmaster limousine custom built for Harlow Curtice…